How do you delete every last trace of where you went on the internet?

Question

I need to know this because I accidently went on some bad websites earlier today. I need to make it so where ever my parents look there wont be any trade of it. Such as browsing history. I need to know how to GET RID OF ALL OF IT. It would be very helpful

Answer 1

Your best bet would be to download a free software called CCleaner and run the basic options. It is very easy to use and actually benefits your computer by deleting ancient files. After running you'll probably notice your computer running faster/smoother. You really should be careful were you go though, because a lot of bad sites can put some really harmful stuff on your computer, if you were into some really bad stuff you would run spyware/virus check asap.

Answer 2

I find it sort of funny that you:

"i accidentally (spelling corrected) went on some bad websites"

Notice the plural on 'websites'. This implies that you went to several websites.

You have a couple of options here. First, if you parents aren't exactly tech savvy, you can go into the browser's menu and clear the saved info.

FireFox: Tools->Option->Privacy->Clear Now (be sure to select every checkbox to completely clear the information). NOTE: This will clear all info, including any saved cookies for valid sites you visit (i.e. saved passwords).

Internet Explorer: Tools->Internet Options
- Clear the Delete Files (include the offline content)
- Delete Cookies
- Clear History

Note that this completely clears tracks so it could be a flag to your parents that you are trying to hide something. You might be better off just clearing temporary files and manually deleting history/cookies to only remove the ones you want to delete. These are options on the menus above.

Now if your parents are really tech savvy, they likely have logging setup on the router. If they have done that, they likely changed the passwords on the device too. I'd recommend jumping around to a lot of valid websites to overload the logs (not sure how many are stored so maybe someone else could help out on that part).

Your parents could also potentially have file recovery software to look for any images on the system, including those deleted from the file system. Deleting files doesn't really clear them from the disk, it just drops reference to them. Recovery tools can locate files, even after deletion from the file system and recycle bin. Of course most parents wouldn't go quite this far to keep an eye on their children's browsing habits.

Oh, your parents might also have an application such as Net Nanny to monitor or stop viewing explicit content. I've not used that software at home with my kids so I can't speak for how to clear that out if you have that on your system.

Answer 3

As soon as you delete your history they will know you are attempting to hide something.

To clear your history you to clear:

For each browser: History, Recently typed URLs, Last download location. Temporary internet files, Temporary files, cookies, each toolbar history (Google , Yahoo, Etc.)
Also: Empty recycle bin, Media player play lists of recent movies played

In addition when these files are erased they are not overwritten so any free recovery tool can recover these files.

CCleaner deletes all this automatically. It also has an option to overwrite the files when they are deleted so they can not be recovered.

Videos on CCleaner
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ccleaner&search=

CCleaner (free)
http://www.ccleaner.com/
Do not install toolbar option
In options.
Uncheck "only delete files older than 48 hour" if needed
Select secure file deletion and number of overwrite passes if needed
Set to run (clean) when the computer starts.
Place cookies you want to keep in save list
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To make files that have been previously deleted but not overwritten unrecoverable:

Install Restoration (free)
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23108-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html


Start Restoration > on menu "Others" > Delete completely > Yes >Yes
Will run for about 6 hours.
Then another menu will appear; click yes ; will run for a couple of minutes more and then be finished.

Overwrites all deleted files making them non recoverable. Does not overwrite Windows files, Programs files, or any other files.

Answer 4

You can't get rid of it by just deleting the history. All of those people saying that better hope they don't have something in their history that they don't want known about, because it would still be able to be recovered.

I don't use any software to clean my history because I don't go to such sites that need cleaned, but I have heard CCleaner the person above me mentions is pretty good.

Kremlin is a good wiper for your hard drives, one of the best.

http://kremlinencrypt.com/wipe.htm

Answer 5

Bad websites, eh? Lol, been there done that.

If you are using firefox : Click on tools -> clear private data and check everything. Click on a clear private data button.

If you are using internet explorer go tools -> internet options and then click on clear history, delete cookies, delete files.

Everything should be fine.

Edit: Don't listen to the noobs saying just to delete your history, everything you opend will still be on your hard.

Answer 6

Do not erase you history. doing so will result in the most unsafe deletion method. get CCleaner or any other erasure program. make sure that the program will do 7 passes over the info (NSA standard) then use the program to clean out you cache

Answer 7

sure, in the journey that your mom and dad understand the thank you to visual reveal unit a working laptop or pc, they might visual reveal unit what you're doing. on the different hand, in the journey that your dad video reveal instruments your porn intake from his laptop, he would must be a pervert or a administration freak. it is only as though he have been tapping your room devoid of telling you. i'm not sure it is unlawful, besides the incontrovertible fact that it is for sure truly freaky. besides the incontrovertible fact that, ought to he be inquisitive approximately your internet intake, there is fortuitously some ideas for you. i think of internet Explorer's truly insecure on that area, yet Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome have a "stealth mode/inner maximum surfing" function with which you would be able to surf devoid of leaving any path. this option isn't obtainable on Firefox as of as we communicate, yet there are plugins that enforce it: mistrust and Stealther.

Answer 8

I.E.--tools--options--general:
history--set to 0 for days to keep & clear history
cookies:
clear cookies
tempt files:
clear temp files

now--start--my computer--disk drive [ c ]--windows--temp folder
delete yesterdays files [ can't do today's ]
also prefetch folder:
file--select all--press delete key

privacy tab:
override--advanced
ok 1st party cookies,BLOCK 3rd [ spyware ] cookies

recommended:
download Ccleaner and in options settings,set to over ride 3 times for high security

naughty,naughty !!

Answer 9

Clear out your history

Answer 10

Go to the tools menu and select: delete history.